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Title: Efficient hydrogen evolution by ternary molybdenum sulfoselenide particles on self-standing porous nickel diselenide foam

Abstract

With the massive consumption of fossil fuels and its detrimental impact on the environment, methods of generating clean power are urgent. Hydrogen is an ideal carrier for renewable energy; however, hydrogen generation is inefficient because of the lack of robust catalysts that are substantially cheaper than platinum. Therefore, robust and durable earth-abundant and cost-effective catalysts are desirable for hydrogen generation from water splitting via hydrogen evolution reaction. In this paper, we report an active and durable earth-abundant transition metal dichalcogenide-based hybrid catalyst that exhibits high hydrogen evolution activity approaching the state-of-the-art platinum catalysts, and superior to those of most transition metal dichalcogenides (molybdenum sulfide, cobalt diselenide and so on). Our material is fabricated by growing ternary molybdenum sulfoselenide particles on self-standing porous nickel diselenide foam. This advance provides a different pathway to design cheap, efficient and sizable hydrogen-evolving electrode by simultaneously tuning the number of catalytic edge sites, porosity, heteroatom doping and electrical conductivity.

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [2];  [1];  [3];  [2];  [1]; ORCiD logo [3];  [2];  [1];  [1]
  1. Univ. of Houston, Houston, TX (United States). Dept. of Physics and Texas Center for Superconductivity (TcSUH)
  2. California Inst. of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States). Materials and Process Simulation Center
  3. Univ. of Houston, Houston, TX (United States). Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Research Org.:
California Institute of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States); Univ. of Houston, TX (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC); Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA); National Science Foundation (NSF); Welch Foundation, Houston, TX (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
1435783
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0004993; FA 7000-13-1-0001; ECCS-1240510; E-1728
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Nature Communications
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 7; Journal ID: ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher:
Nature Publishing Group
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
08 HYDROGEN; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; electrocatalysis; porous materials

Citation Formats

Zhou, Haiqing, Yu, Fang, Huang, Yufeng, Sun, Jingying, Zhu, Zhuan, Nielsen, Robert J., He, Ran, Bao, Jiming, Goddard III, William A., Chen, Shuo, and Ren, Zhifeng. Efficient hydrogen evolution by ternary molybdenum sulfoselenide particles on self-standing porous nickel diselenide foam. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1038/ncomms12765.
Zhou, Haiqing, Yu, Fang, Huang, Yufeng, Sun, Jingying, Zhu, Zhuan, Nielsen, Robert J., He, Ran, Bao, Jiming, Goddard III, William A., Chen, Shuo, & Ren, Zhifeng. Efficient hydrogen evolution by ternary molybdenum sulfoselenide particles on self-standing porous nickel diselenide foam. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12765
Zhou, Haiqing, Yu, Fang, Huang, Yufeng, Sun, Jingying, Zhu, Zhuan, Nielsen, Robert J., He, Ran, Bao, Jiming, Goddard III, William A., Chen, Shuo, and Ren, Zhifeng. Fri . "Efficient hydrogen evolution by ternary molybdenum sulfoselenide particles on self-standing porous nickel diselenide foam". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12765. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1435783.
@article{osti_1435783,
title = {Efficient hydrogen evolution by ternary molybdenum sulfoselenide particles on self-standing porous nickel diselenide foam},
author = {Zhou, Haiqing and Yu, Fang and Huang, Yufeng and Sun, Jingying and Zhu, Zhuan and Nielsen, Robert J. and He, Ran and Bao, Jiming and Goddard III, William A. and Chen, Shuo and Ren, Zhifeng},
abstractNote = {With the massive consumption of fossil fuels and its detrimental impact on the environment, methods of generating clean power are urgent. Hydrogen is an ideal carrier for renewable energy; however, hydrogen generation is inefficient because of the lack of robust catalysts that are substantially cheaper than platinum. Therefore, robust and durable earth-abundant and cost-effective catalysts are desirable for hydrogen generation from water splitting via hydrogen evolution reaction. In this paper, we report an active and durable earth-abundant transition metal dichalcogenide-based hybrid catalyst that exhibits high hydrogen evolution activity approaching the state-of-the-art platinum catalysts, and superior to those of most transition metal dichalcogenides (molybdenum sulfide, cobalt diselenide and so on). Our material is fabricated by growing ternary molybdenum sulfoselenide particles on self-standing porous nickel diselenide foam. This advance provides a different pathway to design cheap, efficient and sizable hydrogen-evolving electrode by simultaneously tuning the number of catalytic edge sites, porosity, heteroatom doping and electrical conductivity.},
doi = {10.1038/ncomms12765},
journal = {Nature Communications},
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volume = 7,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Sep 16 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Fri Sep 16 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}

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Tuning the catalytic activity of heterogeneous two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides for hydrogen evolution
journal, January 2018

  • Noh, Seung Hyo; Hwang, Jeemin; Kang, Joonhee
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 6, Issue 41
  • DOI: 10.1039/c8ta07141a

Ultrathin nickel boride nanosheets anchored on functionalized carbon nanotubes as bifunctional electrocatalysts for overall water splitting
journal, January 2019

  • Chen, Xuncai; Yu, Zixun; Wei, Li
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 7, Issue 2
  • DOI: 10.1039/c8ta09130g

Electrochemically activated cobalt nickel sulfide for an efficient oxygen evolution reaction: partial amorphization and phase control
journal, January 2019

  • Hong, Yu-Rim; Mhin, Sungwook; Kim, Kang-Min
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 7, Issue 8
  • DOI: 10.1039/c8ta10142f

Enhanced synergistic catalysis by a novel triple-phase interface design of NiO/Ru@Ni for the hydrogen evolution reaction
journal, January 2019

  • Zhong, Chenglin; Zhou, Qingwen; Li, Shengwen
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 7, Issue 5
  • DOI: 10.1039/c8ta11171e

Advantageous crystalline–amorphous phase boundary for enhanced electrochemical water oxidation
journal, January 2019

  • Han, HyukSu; Choi, Heechae; Mhin, Sungwook
  • Energy & Environmental Science, Vol. 12, Issue 8
  • DOI: 10.1039/c9ee00950g

N-Doped amorphous MoS x for the hydrogen evolution reaction
journal, January 2019

  • Ding, Ruimin; Wang, Mengchao; Wang, Xianfen
  • Nanoscale, Vol. 11, Issue 23
  • DOI: 10.1039/c9nr02717c

Recent advances in two-dimensional materials and their nanocomposites in sustainable energy conversion applications
journal, January 2019

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  • Nanoscale, Vol. 11, Issue 45
  • DOI: 10.1039/c9nr05919a

Neutral-pH overall water splitting catalyzed efficiently by a hollow and porous structured ternary nickel sulfoselenide electrocatalyst
journal, January 2019

  • Zeng, Lingyou; Sun, Kaian; Chen, Yanju
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 7, Issue 28
  • DOI: 10.1039/c9ta05601g

The effect of carbon quantum dots on the electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction of manganese–nickel phosphide nanosheets
journal, January 2019

  • Chen, Weiwu; Qin, Zhaojun; McElhenny, Brian
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 7, Issue 37
  • DOI: 10.1039/c9ta06944e

Hydrogen evolution activity tuning via two-dimensional electron accumulation at buried interfaces
journal, January 2019

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  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 7, Issue 36
  • DOI: 10.1039/c9ta07123g

Highly active catalyst derived from a 3D foam of Fe(PO 3 ) 2 /Ni 2 P for extremely efficient water oxidation
journal, May 2017

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Synthesis of transition metal sulfide and reduced graphene oxide hybrids as efficient electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution reactions
journal, September 2018

  • Hong, Yu-Rim; Mhin, Sungwook; Kwon, Jiseok
  • Royal Society Open Science, Vol. 5, Issue 9
  • DOI: 10.1098/rsos.180927

MoSe2-Ni3Se4 Hybrid Nanoelectrocatalysts and Their Enhanced Electrocatalytic Activity for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction
journal, June 2020


MoS2 Decorated Carbon Nanofibers as Efficient and Durable Electrocatalyst for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction
journal, October 2017


Fabrication of Robust Hydrogen Evolution Reaction Electrocatalyst Using Ag2Se by Vacuum Evaporation
journal, October 2019

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  • Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Issue 10
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Electronically Double‐Layered Metal Boride Hollow Nanoprism as an Excellent and Robust Water Oxidation Electrocatalysts
journal, February 2019

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  • Advanced Energy Materials, Vol. 9, Issue 15
  • DOI: 10.1002/aenm.201900736

A structurally versatile nickel phosphite acting as a robust bifunctional electrocatalyst for overall water splitting
text, January 2018


Helical cobalt borophosphates to master durable overall water-splitting
text, January 2019


Facile Synthesis of Molybdenum Diselenide Layers for High-Performance Hydrogen Evolution Electrocatalysts
journal, May 2018


Efficient hydrogen production on MoNi4 electrocatalysts with fast water dissociation kinetics
journal, May 2017

  • Zhang, Jian; Wang, Tao; Liu, Pan
  • Nature Communications, Vol. 8, Issue 1
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High-performance bifunctional porous non-noble metal phosphide catalyst for overall water splitting
journal, June 2018


Synthesis of transition metal sulfide and reduced graphene oxide hybrids as efficient electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution reactions
journal, September 2018

  • Hong, Yu-Rim; Mhin, Sungwook; Kwon, Jiseok
  • Royal Society Open Science, Vol. 5, Issue 9
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Synthesis of Mo2C and W2C Nanoparticle Electrocatalysts for the Efficient Hydrogen Evolution Reaction in Alkali and Acid Electrolytes
journal, October 2019